Christianity 101 | Ain't Complicated

For Lack of Five?

How spiritually and morally bankrupt is the United States of America? (Substitute your country if you prefer.)

This nation founded on many Christian principles is so deep in moral and spiritual debt that she can never dig out on her own. (Of course, that’s the case with every nation and every soul in every nation.)

But it doesn’t seem that the USA has reached yet the depravity of Sodom: Read it all

Greatness Walks By

I have never seen a real live President of the United States.

But I have been within chair-throwing distance of a real live President of Mexico. (No, I didn’t throw a chair at him, nor did I have such an inclination, OK?)

So I understand my cousin’s giddy awe.

And I can identify very closely with the lesson she extracts: Read it all

Me? Schizophrenic?

How will I sustain a miserable demeanor toward Person A while presenting a cheerful demeanor toward Person B? Who would dare try such an impossibility?!

No, I’m not schizophrenic.

Nor do I like to minimize or make light of schizophrenia by using the term carelessly or even too freely.

But the thought of switching between a positive disposition and a negative demeanor is a challenging one. And convicting, too. Read it all

Penn State, Nineveh, Sandusky, and Me

You know about Jerry Sandusky and Pennsylvania State University and the sodomy stuff, right? Sure you do (you’re online, after all).

Do you also know about Nineveh and the evil in that city?

Well, Jonah certainly knew about Nineveh…and he certainly wasn’t going there on any errand of grace and mercy! But now look what I did; I got ahead of myself… Read it all

With Good Will Doing Service

Whether I serve God or whether I serve others — how much difference is there, anyway?! — I’m to do it “heartily” and “from the heart.”

And “with good will”!

That impressed me in my pre-bedtime reading Tuesday evening. I was going to be sure Read it all

Can Do Nothing

A solution for losers -- and encouragement and assurance too.

Ever feel like a loser?

No? Well, I have. (I never thought I would, but now I know different.)

So if you’ve ever thought of yourself as a loser, I understand well enough the discouragement and the sense of uselessness.

“I can’t do anything right!” Yeah, well, check this out: Read it all

Wronged!

I dislike being wronged.

I dislike feeling like I’ve been wronged.

So what to do?

Here’s something that popped into my head a bit ago:

Wronged?

Forgive!

(I surely do like it when people practice that toward me…)